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Owen - Posted - 08/24/2026: 18:47:03
Re. fresh garden beans, do y'all eat the tip/beak/rostrum/?? of the bean pod [down at the bottom end of the pods in this illustration], or do you trim it off prior to cooking?
Inquiring minds want to know!! 
Somewhat surprisingly my mammy [and her urchins], used to trim them off, but my lovely and talented assistant leaves them on. 
Edited by - Owen on 08/24/2026 19:00:05
Texasbanjo - Posted - 08/25/2026: 04:10:38
I always trimmed both ends before cooking.
rinemb - Posted - 08/25/2026: 05:29:40
Most green beans I will trim stem end off. If haricots verts, I sometimes do no trimming. We just went through a pound of em this weekend. Brad
Owen - Posted - 08/25/2026: 07:21:27
.... looks like maybe it wasn't that IMPORTANT after all. 
rinemb - Posted - 08/25/2026: 07:55:19
For a lot of vegetables trimming, perhaps a question is, do you snap ends off or cut them off? Brad
Edited by - rinemb on 08/25/2026 07:56:06
Owen - Posted - 08/25/2026: 08:43:48
Cut 'em .... 'cept for cucumbers some of the time. One of my reasons to grow a garden is the cucumbers [preferably eaten with salt, but okay without]. The ends of some are slightly bitter (?), so after peeling, I either cut the ends off, or bite them off and spit(?) them into the compost container.
chuckv97 - Posted - 08/25/2026: 08:59:39
Us kids would get a pail full to snip the ends off and then snap them in half. We had big vegetable gardens.
slammer - Posted - 08/25/2026: 11:09:00
Snip and leave long. Bunch 4 or 5 together and wrap in bacon and put on greased foil on cookie sheet . Pinch of salt and garlic powder, bake at 375 till bacon is done. Great easy side dish even if you’re not a bean fan.
Slammer!!!
